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Topping Out Ceremony at Royal Welsh College
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On Thursday July 1st a Topping Out ceremony took place at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama to mark the completion of the concrete shell of the £22.5 million building project.
Leading figures from the College, the board of Governors, architects BFLS, project managers Davis Langdon and construction team Willmott Dixon gathered together to celebrate this symbolic moment in the building project. Work will begin shortly on the roof structure, the final construction phase of what will be an important new gateway to Cardiff.
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is Wales’ leading music and drama conservatoire and this new addition to the College’s professional training and performance facilities comprises The Richard Burton Theatre, recently named at a gala evening at Buckingham Palace, along with the
450-seat Concert Hall, four Acting & Movement Studios and an Exhibition Gallery.
‘We are delighted to celebrate this significant stage of the College’s exciting new £22.5 million development, bringing us closer to the completion of this state-of-the-art addition to the College’s estate,’ said Principal Hilary Boulding. ‘These new facilities will transform our performance and rehearsal facilities and enable the College to attract the best students from Wales, the UK and internationally to study in Cardiff. The new building will also provide increased opportunities for local performing arts organisations to access training and promote their own work in state-of-the-art performance spaces. ‘
Neal Stephens, managing director of Willmott Dixon in Wales, added, ‘The ‘topping out’ ceremony, celebrated in the construction industry when the highest point of the building has been reached, brings the countdown to the completion of these superb facilities one step closer.’
Architect Jason Flanagan from BFLS, elaborated, ‘Set in the grounds of Cardiff Castle, our design has created a new face for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama on North Road. The front door to the College is framed between two new Performance venues:The Richard Burton Theatre, and a new Chamber Recital Hall. The focus of the scheme is a public foyer with views west into Bute Park and into the Exhibition Gallery in the arcade which forms the spine of the Campus.’
The new buildings are due to open in the Spring of 2011.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010 |
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